Justice center design is flexible and functional

7:38 PM,
Oct. 21, 2012

Written by

Dwight Dobberstein
| Guest Opinion

Architectural design for the proposed justice center is particularly important, because the cost for building jail space (meeting extensive state and federal requirements) is significantly greater than for offices and courtroom space.

In a Sept. 29 guest opinion, John Lind says he spent his professional life working with design teams to provide clients with the most functional buildings possible.

Lind pointed out that before design drawings became construction documents, his design teams assisted clients in putting dollar amounts on operational costs for such things as staff and ...